Artist of the Year

Artist of the Year is a television competition shown on the Sky Arts channel (formerly known as Artsworld and Sky Arts 1) which aims to find the best portrait/landscape painter every year.[1]

Artist of the Year
Also known asPortrait Artist of the Year
Landscape Artist of the Year
Presented by
Judges
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series10
No. of episodes90
Production
Production locations
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyStoryvault Films
Release
Original networkSky Arts
Picture format16:9
Original release5 November 2013 (2013-11-05) –
present (present)
External links
Website

Through several rounds of regional competitions in different parts of the UK professional and amateur artists are challenged to produce a portrait/landscape of one of three famous sitters. The winning artist of each round, selected by three judges, advances to the semifinal and then to the final, which are filmed at the National Portrait Gallery. The winner receives a £10,000 commission to paint a famous personality and the picture becomes part of a national gallery. The show is produced by London and Glasgow-based independent production company Storyvault Films. It is presented by the UK TV personalities Joan Bakewell and Stephen Mangan. Series 1 to 5 were presented by Frank Skinner.

The judges are the British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster Kate Bryan, head of contemporary art at the Fine Art Society, Kathleen Soriano, director of exhibitions at the Royal Academy, and portrait/landscape painter Tai-Shan Schierenberg.

In April 2020, a weekly live streamed spinoff series, Portrait Artist of the Week, launched on the Sky TV Facebook page. Over four weeks, the format featured celebrity sitters posing live in their own homes, with audiences invited to paint along at home.[2]

Transmissions
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodesTitleWinnerCommission
15 Nov 201310 Dec 20136PortraitNick Lord[3]
24 Nov 201423 Dec 20148PortraitChristian Hook[4]Alan Cumming[4]
36 Oct 20151 Dec 20159LandscapeNerine McIntyre[5]Flatford Mill[5]
411 Oct 20166 Dec 20169LandscapeRichard Allen[6]Petworth Park[6]
524 Jan 201721 Mar 20179PortraitGareth Reid[7]Graham Norton[7]
618 Oct 201710 Dec 20179LandscapeTom Voyce[8]Firefly, Noël Coward's Jamaican residence[8]
716 Jan 201827 Mar 201811PortraitSamira Addo[9]Kim Cattrall[9]
816 Oct 201811 Dec 20189LandscapeJen Gash[10]Commission for the Imperial War Museum[10]
912 Feb 201923 Apr 201911PortraitDuncan Shoosmith[11]Tom Jones[11]
1015 Oct 201910 Dec 20199LandscapeFujiko RoseThe opportunity to paint Venice
1121 Jan 202024 Mar 202011PortraitChristabel Blackburn[12]Nile Rogers[12]
1214 Oct 202016 Dec 202011PortraitCurtis Holder[13]Carlos Acosta[13]

References
  1. Jones, Ellen E. (6 November 2013). "TV Review: Portrait Artist of the Year, Sky Arts 1". The Independent. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. May, Steve (28 April 2020). "Sky Arts live streams Portrait Artist of the Year, makes content free online". The Luxe Review.
  3. "Nick Lord on winning Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year". Artists & Illustrators. April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (31 December 2014). "Alan Cumming portrait unveiled at Scottish gallery". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. Peebles, Cheryl (28 November 2015). "Fife pupils stunned to learn of art teacher's brush with stardom". The Courier. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. "Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year Competition winner at Petworth". Chichester Observer. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. Dunne, Aidan (15 March 2017). "That's SO Graham Norton: Belfast man wins Sky Portrait Artist of the Year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  8. "Aberystwyth University alumnus wins Landscape Artist of the Year". Aberystwyth University. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  9. McLoughlin, Jamie (21 March 2018). "Winner's work from Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year on display in Liverpool". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. "Jen Gash named Landscape Artist of the Year". Gazette. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  11. Moore, Joanne (17 April 2019). "Artist wins £50,000 but singer loses out". The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  12. "Portrait Artist Of The Year winner revealed". Evening Express. Press Association. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  13. "Master Strokes: Portrait Artist of the Year Winner Curtis Holder". Aceville Publications Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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